Highest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Sacramento County$67.50
- 2Madera County$65.50
- 3Amador County$65
- 4Marin County$64
- 5Sonoma County$57.50
Lowest non-irrigated cropland rent
- 1Fresno County$22
- 2Glenn County$24
- 3Alameda County$27
- 4Tehama County$30
- 5Solano County$30
All 52 counties
California cash rent table, 2026
$ per acre · tap a column to sort · — = not published
| Alameda County | Central Coast | $27 | — | $14.50 | — |
| Amador County | Sierra Mountains | $65 | — | $20 | — |
| Butte County | Sacramento Valley | — | $437 | $20 | — |
| Calaveras County | Sierra Mountains | — | $700 | $14.50 | — |
| Colusa County | Sacramento Valley | — | $375 | $23.50 | — |
| Contra Costa County | Central Coast | $30.50 | $379 | $23.50 | — |
| Del Norte County | Northern Coast | — | $620 | — | — |
| El Dorado County | Sierra Mountains | $33 | $900 | $14 | — |
| Fresno County | San Joaquin Valley | $22 | $305 | $11.50 | — |
| Glenn County | Sacramento Valley | $24 | $246 | $31 | — |
| Humboldt County | Northern Coast | — | $405 | $18.50 | — |
| Imperial County | Southern California | — | $350 | — | — |
| Inyo County | Sierra Mountains | — | — | $10 | — |
| Kern County | San Joaquin Valley | — | $445 | — | — |
| Kings County | San Joaquin Valley | — | $305 | — | — |
| Lake County | Central Coast | — | $491 | $15 | — |
| Lassen County | Northeast | $31.50 | $225 | $17.50 | — |
| Los Angeles County | Southern California | — | $1,000 | — | — |
| Madera County | San Joaquin Valley | $65.50 | $410 | $12 | — |
| Marin County | Central Coast | $64 | — | $42 | — |
| Mariposa County | Sierra Mountains | $30 | — | $19.50 | — |
| Mendocino County | Northern Coast | — | $1,290 | $13 | — |
| Merced County | San Joaquin Valley | $33 | $411 | $23.50 | — |
| Modoc County | Northeast | — | — | $15.50 | — |
| Monterey County | Central Coast | — | — | $17.50 | — |
| Napa County | Central Coast | — | $4,000 | — | — |
| Nevada County | Sierra Mountains | — | $1,540 | $28 | — |
| Orange County | Southern California | — | $2,360 | — | — |
| Placer County | Sierra Mountains | $41.50 | — | $26.50 | — |
| Riverside County | Southern California | — | $259 | — | — |
| Sacramento County | Sacramento Valley | $67.50 | $276 | $25 | — |
| San Benito County | Central Coast | — | $651 | $15 | — |
| San Bernardino County | Southern California | — | $304 | — | — |
| San Diego County | Southern California | — | $1,350 | — | — |
| San Joaquin County | San Joaquin Valley | — | $425 | — | — |
| San Luis Obispo County | Central Coast | — | $811 | $20 | — |
| San Mateo County | Central Coast | — | $550 | — | — |
| Santa Barbara County | Southern California | — | $2,300 | $9.90 | — |
| Santa Clara County | Central Coast | — | — | $5.60 | — |
| Santa Cruz County | Central Coast | — | — | $25 | — |
| Shasta County | Siskiyou-Shasta | $36.50 | $205 | $14.50 | — |
| Siskiyou County | Siskiyou-Shasta | — | $250 | $13 | — |
| Solano County | Sacramento Valley | $30 | $257 | — | — |
| Sonoma County | Central Coast | $57.50 | $1,300 | $23.50 | — |
| Stanislaus County | San Joaquin Valley | $55 | $450 | $28.50 | — |
| Sutter County | Sacramento Valley | — | $420 | $32 | — |
| Tehama County | Sacramento Valley | $30 | $272 | $11 | — |
| Tulare County | San Joaquin Valley | $42 | $450 | $14 | — |
| Tuolumne County | Sierra Mountains | — | — | $24 | — |
| Ventura County | Southern California | — | $3,340 | $5.50 | — |
| Yolo County | Sacramento Valley | $43 | $440 | $15 | — |
| Yuba County | Sacramento Valley | — | $365 | — | — |
Counties NASS published only in 2025 show a dash for 2026; their pages carry the 2025 figure.
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Sources & method
Where these numbers come from
- Every rent on these pages is a published estimate from the USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey: the average cash rent paid per acre for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pasture. We pull the 2024–2026 county and state series straight from Quick Stats.
- NASS skips counties with too few survey reports, or withholds them to protect respondents, and lumps them into an "other counties" total. Those counties get no page here, and missing years show as a dash. We do not estimate, average or interpolate around the gaps.
- The coefficient of variation (CV) is NASS's measure of sampling precision. Lower is tighter; the higher the CV, the wider the real range around the county figure.
- "Bordering counties" are the ones that share a boundary under the Census Bureau county adjacency file, including across state lines.
- An average rent is a benchmark, not a fair price for a specific field. Soil, drainage, fertility, improvements and lease terms all move the number.
Data last refreshed October 8, 2026.